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  McCollum Science Hall Addition: A New Face for Science


The curved form, plentiful windows, brick facade, and red tile roof give the McCollum Addition its own personality while also blending with the older buildings around it

 


Fitting in ... while holding its own

UNI’s park-like campus in Cedar Falls is home to more than 50 major buildings on 850 acres. UNI administration emphasized the need for the Addition to harmonize with the early 1900s traditional campus architecture surrounding it.

The science faculty emphasizes an intimate teaching environment, and wanted the addition to be welcoming, comfortable, dynamic, and state-of- the-art.

With its traditional red brick exterior, plentiful windows, and energizing interior spaces, the new science center strikes a balance of identity and continuity ... of future vision and a sense of history ... of the built environment and the natural setting of the surrounding campus.